Fastener plate



y 7,1930. s. A. HOLMES 1,759,847

FASTENER PLATE File d Dec. 15, 1927" lzinvention i lmpm GE 1A. seems,

" ifiveht ion rel ates tesr l ab fja stenersief I thetypemueh usedplfor exaqiplemhizautomobile'eurtainszindthe-like'.i

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1. 'stru etion 20f "the: back plates: of fasteners-10f this' gen'ral type-with a view to: facilitating 1 the handling of such platesv inf'm "automatically"settingthefastenersg} I v The natureiof he inventi'nw'llbe readily W 1t eceas ionally happens that they. be'ceme' when;readincehneetidn with the accompanyg ing; drawings, and;the lnevel'jeaturesf willybe palfti'cl ll alfly pdi tec l eut'in: the appended.

a I socketmember and 1 back? plateprespeetively,

f of a'cpmmon type'iqf snap fastener :ry

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eleya'tion," sho i back t r q nt e 5 P6rsI iect1Ve t ewefqaxbl k" the yfqrm fewhih' im understbb'd from: the follcliwingl description Figu re l: isiag perspeetive view sh wl-ng'the Figs jand 5 a re perspect ve g; s ly; he?iupp n'i d Fig. 5 1g mam ros hfi h-theseck me lfastehe "efythe g d wm r s we et which ogr pr f thee-mews n n er 9s 1 pnongs; 'sm

a'fchines for I f iuponlthe other ili some :such relationship' as I that-shown, for 'exarhpleybetween theplates 1? e adjacent tothe'edg'es of the plates are bev- {e11ed ,-asf elearly'showh in Fig'," 1,1andthis bevelled construction facilitates-the ov er riclti'ng O1TOHP1211JG upo'hrthe :otheriandthe cohf; l seqqenta-jamming of both plates .in'fth e me :"wajym v x yIehave'oyerceme thisdifliculty by ,p 7 ing appnstrhetien'suehasthat sh Wnin'Figs Agency's i11 whichi'thefback "plate Sfi'slcon '1 structedlike the plate Eijexc'ept that the" lug e I v we =s ides- 'oiarbec plat ii e n i h im andq beingm e-likethemgszarepr v it v b t' nd faces 01'. shoulders 01 1 he; f sidlesrthereofg toward the IeSpe tiVB i face 10 which is lecated substantially'lfliis 'with'jthe edge ofthepliteiat'fone end theredf "andthese-lugs project for acon sider'z hle di's l tme above the'fupper; surfa ce of? the plate Eaeh lug: also {is irelativelywide; Qwherel-i .1 'joins' the edge of the pla with" gnarrewer "part Wlrlih ,ext-el'ldjs back, 7 v wardly ewaysfrom said-edge; Thislcon'stmlcgj; 1 tiofrithiisprovids back,'plzite ingwhihqithee overall" thickness j oiapgftien bfith ledge at I I eaeh'end isincreasedyeibyi silbstfintiallyand "edate:.the;; 1atte1: 11' 1 rece'fssesi are punched in the 4 v e 'FASTEN BQ R QR QR OE1C3MBBIDGELMA$$AQHU1 "aw,eQ ORWQ ems em-ws me.,. a, a A r meet-m me:1 3, 192?. se l N01 239,673; I

V Inzmakinga racewy for.theseihack pletesi V I} it is, necessary teallew'considembleivertical j? I, clearance .forthe plates'in order .to permit;

facturer- Astheplates run down the raceway 1 jammed togethe thus interrupting the Set-:1

ting operation and' requiri ng thegrelease of l" 7E ,theja'mmediparts' -:This actie iis v-causedg by' w 1 the"adjacefitiedgesoftheplates ridihgiohe f 9. at opposite" ends "of the p1ate,li?inste21df0 pIa-tei Pfefembly each lug :has mi] en 6 and" is. provided? hiiithick evd pertibn gpref ly sid I e a ly; wider: th mfthe eql naryi 31 0.1." f "the'rnflto'trajvel freely and also to aecommo5'1-j date the shortbujrs which sometimeswre formed on thepl'ates inthe process of 'maDLI-f a lugprojecting from on face thereoffnear v 'thep ut'er edge ofthe plate for a 'short' distanc only, saidilug having anQabruPt shoul' den projecting substantially above the Sui fac of'theplate and loated adjacent to the edgqof-the plate to provide means for abutv .v ment againstanother-likQ plztteto prevent oye rlappi'ngt of the plates whenv being fed 7 alonga'chute in a fastener attachingmachine and said plate-havingtattaching meansfor. I "cooperative v engageme nt with attaching means .of a cobperating fastenernpart. 

